Christian
Fellowship Devotionals - November 1997 News

News Bytes from the staff of the Christian Fellowship Devotionals to our
readers and guests to our site.
Evangelical and Devotional Information on the World Wide Web and via Email

Keepin' On - Business as
Usual

Well, it may look like business as usual from where you sit and read. And
that is great, we are here to present you with what God has placed on our
hearts for you. But the fact of the matter is, we are people just like you.
Imagine that! We have jobs and classes to attend, and things do not always
go as we planned. God has blessed us on this side with the ability to cover
for each other. Now and again, one of us will get a burst of inspiration
and an idea for a devotional comes right out of 'nowhere' (of course, we
all know where and Who that is). You may see a post that seems
out of order. That's just us bending to the leading of the Holy Spirit. We
humans like things in predictable, orderly packages that we can get our arms
around or read from a schedule. Simply put, God often changes our minds for
us. We hope you see it as God's leading hand rather than in inconvenience.

So, while it may seem like business as usual, life is never dull with God
involved. He has been very, very good to us all. And He is utterly trustworthy.
So hang on with us for the ride.

David in Need of
Prayer

As you may have noted, our regular author for Wednesdays has not been present
for the last little while. David has been having back problems. This has
been another case of God changing our plans, especially David's. David had
covered for Jan to allow her a rest bit for a time of refreshing. Now it
seems that God has returned David's favor and provided him with some time
away.

Please keep David in your prayers. He has had back surgery for a disk problem.
He is better and home, but he is still in a lot of pain while the healing
process continues. Pray for his family as this is a time of added stress.
Keep David's doctors in prayer, for wisdom and guidance. Dropping him a note
of encouragement of a get well soon letter would be very much appreciated.
David is an important part of this family, and we look forward to his full
recovery.

Please pray for Jan as she pulls some double duty during this time. Sandi
has filled in too. Without Sandi I don't think we could be as consistent
as we are. She has been a blessing to us as well as to you readers, if the
email we get is any indication.

I have to say that this is a wonderful group to work with here. But, as I
said earlier, we are frail human beings just like you. We have the same colds,
allergies and aches and pains that anyone gets. And nope, sorry, no halos
here.

Sunday Night Bible Study
Online!

One of our reasons for being here is to equip believers in Jesus Christ to
go out and reach out to the world with the grace, mercy and love of
God. An important part of that is regular study of the Word of God, the Bible.
Host Margo, and Host Jenn are presenting a weekly Bible study on America
Online. The study takes place at 9:00p eastern time on Sunday nights. It
is held in the Christian Fellowship room under the Life category in the Public
Rooms section of the People Connection forum. A few verses are sent to the
screen, followed by discussion by the room. This continues until the section
is completed or 10:00pm eastern time.

The study is currently in the book of John. This is a great book for new
believers, as well as those of us who have walked a long the narrow way for
a few years or more. The one thing I can say about studying the Bible is
that it does not get stale. There are always new insights. The Hosts will
bring their own insights to the study as well, so you will be getting some
new input as well.

Updated
Resources!

Our long stagnant page of links to other Christian resources has been updated
recently. There are a bunch of additions. The listings have been roughly
grouped with other devotional pages listed first. There is a new section
for missions with a menu of sites to visit.

There is one site that kind of stands out a bit in my view. It is all about
end times prophecy. The
Harpazo page is a graphically
stunning, verbally intense set of web pages that will blast your retinas
and fill your mind with good, current information from the Bible and the
daily news that pertains to the last days of planet Earth. Informative
for both believers and skeptics. Please check it out, before the rapture.

Our resources tend to be of an evangelical or devotional nature. Please feel
free to email us with any appropriate sites that you might run across. We
need the URL (the web address) and a few days to look it over. Any input,
as ever, is always welcome.

Answered Prayer and Requests

Rick and his family are all settled into their new home. This is just in
time for the cold weather bearing down on the east coast of the US. Rick
and company thank you for your prayer support during this time. Life is now
settled back down to as normal as possible with family life in full swing.
They have found a new church with which they are all very happy. The Lord
is blessing. As with any family, continued prayer is appreciated for physical
and spiritual needs.

Please add Jennifer and her family to your list. Jen has been doing the day
to day maintenance of the web site for a little more than a month now and
she has been doing a splendid job of it. She is also starting a new job which
she is very happy with. Also note that her father is fighting cancer and
is taking chemotherapy. This is very taxing for not only her father, who
certainly bears the brunt of it, but to Jen and her mother and all of her
brothers and their families as well. Pray for healing for her father's disease,
that Jesus would make a shining example of His healing power through
Jen's dad. Remember the entire family as this is a very difficult time for
the family and for each one.

Our Church.Com - Christian sites and
Web Resources

Well, OurChurch.com is currently under
a rebuilding project, once they return check them out. Especially if
you are in the market for a place to put your website. They have software
available to help in the development of web pages and space available.
Hopefully, they will be back on the air in the very near future. They
have also agreed to list our site here. Kind of a billboard on the Information
Superhighway. We thank them for their support of our site and the ministry
here. We'll throw a note up when they have returned.

Bits and Pieces

Series News

Rick and Mike are in the middle of long term devotional series. Both are
14 parts in length now. Rick's is the Comprehensive Study series and Mike's
is The Cross Series.

Rick is doing a comprehensive study of the Bible. It is a multifaceted review
of topics from looking into the person of God to Angels to Eternity and Miracles.

Mike is looking at the events covered in the four Gospels from the Upper
Room to the Cross. Currently, it series is in the middle of the High Priestly
Prayer of Jesus at the end of the Passover meal in the Upper Room. The study
will soon move to the Garden of Gethsemene.

If either of these topics interest you, take the time to catch up and dig
in to the topics.

A New Feature

As most of you know the main page has a counter at the bottom of it. With
this we keep track of how many times our site is visited. Well, we got to
wondering where these hits were coming from to visit us and what pages
were being perused. A UNIX/Perl package was picked up called FtpWebLog (for
those who are interested) to review the logs of the visits to our site. The
results are very interesting. In addition to the expected ton of hits from
the main services like AOL and Compuserve, we are getting visits from all
over the world. What a blessing to know that someone in Poland, Israel, South
Africa, Brazil, or Canada has stopped by to see what is here.

There is one link to these statistics at the bottom of the homepage. This
is not a main feature of the site, but if you are curious, check it out.

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Internet Access Speeds

As of today, I have been informed by the Sagelink administrator that
the group that provides Sagelink's computers with access to the Internet
as dramatically improved his level of service to his customers. This should
make a notable improvement in the time it takes for Sagelink to respond to
return the pages you are requesting. Just one more way God is blessing all
of us. PtL!

Sagelink continues to provide us with quality service and support. They have
been very open to our suggestions and requests on a variety of subjects.
If you have a moment, it would be wonderful if you could take a moment and
pray for Jimmy and his family. Also to thank God that we have such a quality
instrument at our disposal to spread His word to the church and to share
the love of God with the world.

Welcome to the New
Folks!

Tim issued a very timely welcome to our the new members of our devotionals
family. I would like to repeat it here:

I would like to take a second a welcome new members. This list of devotional
folks is growing out of control. This is wonderful! I wish you God's grace
if you are new here getting these devotionals, or if you have been getting
them for years. Some devotionals will hit you, some will not, that is to
be expected. I wish to welcome all the new names we have gotten of late and
ask that you study God's Holy Word and make sure that these things are
true.

Questions are Welcome!

If you read something that doesn't quite make sense, or ring true, please
send a note to the author. Each devotional has a signature at the bottom
of the page. It is a clickable email link to make it easy for anyone to respond
to an author with a question or comment. We do want your feedback, good or
bad. If you feel like we missed a point, let us know. If you were especially
blessed, share with us what touched you. Feedback lets us know who's out
there and if we are helping you. So, talk back!

If you have an idea for a topic, a comment or question on
a devotional, or anything at all, please feel free to drop us a note.
Even if it is a problem you have with something, we would like to do
what we can to clear it up. God has blessed us with this little corner of
cyberspace. Help us to make the very best of it we can for Jesus.

This page is a personal outreach
of Webservants Ministries. We are a group of individuals who want only to
share the gospel with the lost and equip the body of Christ in growing and
reaching a lost world for Jesus Christ. If we can do anything to further
assist you, or you have a reference you would like to share, please feel
free to drop us a line at
Webservants@cfdevotionals.org. Peace.